syncopated.

Monday, December 25, 2006

partridges and pear trees

nice to wind down for 10 days (of christmas?). taking

nonchalent strides

without any real goal of achieving anything.

other than shopping for pear tree partridges.

i realised when i got back home that this old hot wheels car model that had been sitting in the 'dump useless things never to be seen again' room since forever

was actually a 1957 chevrolet corvette. you gotta be shittin me.

Strummed at 12:30 AM (x)

Saturday, December 16, 2006

welcome, ghosts

all of a sudden, i miss everyone.


good weather for airstrikes.

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Wednesday, December 13, 2006

medals

i think this is particularly special. and this.

seng leong's story of that last race will be a legend for many years to come. i'll certainly remember it since i was watching his race intensely most of the whole way through.

well. i've had this feeling.

in the end, sailing is not about whether or not you're racing relative unknowns or world champions.

it's not about whether you were a boatlength over the line or behind the line with a second left on the clock.

it's not about whether or not you face a lengthy protest in the evening even though there's no doubt you're in the right, or whether or not there is a chinese / myanmar / malaysian / whatever umpire in the hearing.

and it's definitely not about whether the race is nothing but a friendly rivalry or if there is a quarter million at stake.

no. sailing

is about knowing that the wind is going right in the next 2 minutes.

having the right timing and judgement in steering through chop.

and being able to link 5 waves in a row. repeatedly.

sailing is about the adrenaline rush when the 20 knot gust hits the mainsail.

sailing

is about sailing.

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Friday, December 01, 2006

ornament/ the last wrongs

in a nutshell.

(paraphrase)

start upwind downwind reach finish.


mistake free.

repeat.

Strummed at 3:11 PM (x)

the artist.
colin cheng.
3/4.14, 5/6.6.
acsi (ib).
10/09/1989.
sailor.
concluding@gmail.com

his experiences.
intersch 2004
beijing oep 2006
bordeaux 4.7 worlds 2006
los angeles radial worlds 2006
doha asian games 2006
hobart jan 2007
muse concert jan 2007
holland radial worlds 2007

his aspirations.
weight for laser.
breeze. chase it.
cut down on mistakes.
get to know pple better.
understanding. respect.
a cat.
discipline. control.
contact lenses.

his peers.
acsailing
cai
choong
elaine
han sheng
john loh
xin ling

his inspirations.
65daysofstatic
the arcade fire
christopher o'riley
the cinematic orchestra
damien rice
dream theater
elliott smith
explosions in the sky
hiromi
isis
joe satriani
john petrucci
liquid tension experiment
mogwai
mono
my brightest diamond
oceansize
opeth
peter, paul and mary
radiohead
rodrigo y gabriela
sigur rós
simon & garfunkel
thursday
vienna teng
yo la tengo

his work.
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